Too many ways to contribute
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 3:10pm
Hello everyone! I finally joined (at Jeff's persistent urging). I'm excited to meet other Catholics who share the burden of building websites. I've been a web developer since 2002, and besides a short job I took after college, I've been working for Catholic companies doing web development ever since, and I've always been the only "web guy" around. This site is a good idea to connect all of us.
However, I'm a little confused — there seems to be too many ways to share and discuss on this site than my brain can compute: articles, wiki entries, blog posts, website posts, and forum posts. Where do I start?
I see the site is still "beta", and Jeff said that's because he's not sure about all those content types, either. I think limiting to blog and forum entries would probably suffice. Write a blog entry if you want to share some interesting technique, insight, or success story (combining blogs, articles, and websites), and write a forum post if you just want to ask questions and gab.
What does everyone think?
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 4:31pm
#2
I think Blog + Forums would
I think Blog + Forums would be good. However, I think I'd also like to get a Wiki of some sort started, if nothing else to provide a structured resource for anyone wishing to find out how to do specific things, like:
- Build a parish website
- Design a website for a large, multi-entity corporation
- Stream video and audio online
- Share video online
- Leverage Facebook/Twitter/etc. for your organization/ministry
- etc.
Fri, 08/28/2009 - 9:08am
#3
Yes, blog and forum is
Yes, blog and forum is sufficient. Jeff, nice idea on the Wiki.
Thu, 11/10/2011 - 1:38pm
#4
I have removed the 'Websites'
I have removed the 'Websites' area from the primary navigation links (further simplifying that area), and disabled posting of new 'website' nodes. Still might need to be cut down a little more.
At some point, I may convert all the website posts to blog posts under a given user's blog, and delete the website content type.
I'm working on paring down the site a bit in preparation for porting the content to Drupal 7.
Hello Joel,
Welcome to OSC!
I've only been posting to the forums and blog myself...